Pesach - PassOver - Easter

When is Passover in 2016?

If you ever find yourself asking this question: "When is Passover in 2016?" then you must know that

Passover 2016 begins in the evening of

Friday, April 22

and ends in the evening of

Saturday, April 30

 

This Holy Day is also known as Pesach(Hebrew) and falls on the Hebrew calendar dates of Nissan 15-22. 

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The PassOver is a major Shabbat as ordained by the Law given by G-d through Moses. And it falls in the 

month of Nissan or Abib which marked the beginning of months for Israel.  See Exodus 12:1-2

Jesus Christ was crucified on Friday, just before Shabbat(which is Saturday) and rose on Sunday(which is the  first

Day of the Week). See that in Luke 24:1 and the entire Luke 24th Chapter.

G-d gave the following signs on the Passover

• Darkness over Egypt, compare this to Luke 23:44 - 45
• Death aka Destroyer, see Exodus 12:23
• Blood of the Lamb of Passover, See Exodus 12: 3 - 7
• Earthquake, see Matthew 27: 50-52

The Darkness lasted for the space of 3 hours(See Luke 23: 44  - 45). 

Passover marks the Beginning of the year for Israel( also see Abib or the month of Nissan). 

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Communion

The Passover must be observed by taking the communion of the Blood and Body of the Lamb. See also as 

the Lord established with Israel in Exodus 12:6-8. We show forth the Lord's death till he comes back again.

The Lord Jesus himself, who is the Lamb of G-d that took away the sins of the whole world, established the Communion

with His Church on Passover night. See 1 Corinthians 11:23 - 26

Hence, the Passover must be observed by taking the Communion. For it is a memorial forever. See Exodus 12:14

See Jesus Christ having the Passover with his disciples on the first day of the Feast of unleavened bread. Matthew 16:17-29

Setting the Foundations in Order

It is important to set the foundations in order at this juncture. Irrespective of your religious inclinations, whether

Judaism, Catholicism, Pentecostalism, etc. it does not matter. What matters is what G-d's word has set forth.

Going to the Beginning of the Creations in Genesis, G-d created the worlds in six days and rested on the 

seventh day , which is Shabbat or Saturday.

On the first Day of creation, He commanded there to be Light, and then "divided" the Light or Day from Darkness

or Night. See Genesis 1:3-4. Also, you must note G-d's order of Day. It begins with "the Evening and the morning..."

On the First Day of Creation, which is a Sunday,and in the Month of Nissan, G-d created Light and separated it from Darkness.

G-d did same in Egypt when he passed over Israel and smite Egypt with Darkness and Death. Scripture records

that there was Light in the land of Goshen where Israel dwelt. 

"God Divided the Light from the Darkness"

We see the action of dividing the Light(Day) from the Darkenss(Night) occurred on the First Day of Creation,

in the month of Nissan. That First Day was a Sunday. According to Luke 14:1, Jesus Christ arose from the 

Dead on the First Day of the Week, in the month of Nissan or Aviv or Abib (or April). That is the month of Passover.

Hence, going by the account of Creation, G-d began His creation work in the Month of Nissan or April. 

You can see this in what he established for Israel in Exodus 12:2. It is in this month of April or Nissan that G-d also

slew the Passover Lamb, which was "slain from the Foundation of the World" in order to redeem man and divide

the Night from the Day. G-d used the slaying of the Passover Lamb to "divide" between Light(Day) and Darkness(Night).

The New Creation

Jesus Christ is that Lamb of Passover, who was slain at the Foundation(the head or beginning of Creation)

for Man's redemption. He rose from the Dead as G-d's firstborn. And He is the Beginning of the New Israel,

which is His Church and Firstborn.

G-d slew Pharaoh's Firstborn because he refused to release His Firstborn, which is Israel. 

Today, if you will accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour , then you will be numbered in the New Israel

named on high, even in the very heavens of G-d.

2 Corinthians 5:17 says "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away

, behold, all things are become new."

Partake in His Passover

Mark this year's (2016) Easter or Passover or Pesach by partaking in the Communion and hence declare

His death and Lordship over your life, till He comes again.

Shalom!